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Don’t Make These Common Mistakes When Filing Your Form 990

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Your tax-exempt status may keep you from having to file traditional tax returns, but maintaining the designation comes with its own labyrinth of forms, requirements, and deadlines. Here are nine common mistakes Nikita and her team at Tax990 see nonprofits make when filing their form 990s.

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We’re Shocked: IRS Announces 2021 Key Filing Dates, Tax Season Starts February 12th

Blue Fox

The February 12 start date for individual tax return filers allows the IRS time to do additional programming and testing of IRS systems following the December 27 tax law changes that provided a second round of Economic Impact Payments and other benefits.” That’s nice - we’ll let them slide this year.

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Why Vulnerable Kids Depend on Government & Big Tech Getting Data Privacy Laws Right

Saleforce Nonprofit

million images, videos, and other files related to child sexual exploitation were reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). . Early detection, coupled with robust reporting, will help law enforcement identify and safeguard potentially thousands of children in urgent need of protection. . In 2020, 65.4

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Digital Privacy Compliance for Nonprofits: The Big 3 Laws

Achieve

From fundraising legal requirements to digital privacy laws, it’s important to understand the rules to which your nonprofit can be held accountable. Regulation #1: The CAN-SPAM Act The CAN-SPAM Act was passed into US law in 2003, and it protects consumers from receiving emails that they never agreed to receive.

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The data/crisis catch-22: How the pandemic created a social sector data gap  

Candid

tax-exempt organizations file annually, are a major source of data about nonprofits and foundation grantmaking in the United States. For one, busy and understaffed organizations are requesting filing extensions—the IRS expects roughly 762K tax-exempt extensions for fiscal year 2022. Case in point: 990 data. IRS Form 990s, which U.S.

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Ask a Nonprofit Specialist: What does the repeal of Arizona's solicitation law mean to my nonprofit?

ASU Lodestar Center

Question: How have the requirements for charitable solicitation registration in Arizona changed with new legislation? Are we still required to file annual reports? Most states typically regulate nonprofit organizations through solicitation laws that are concerned with charitable solicitations from the general public.

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Do You Need to Register to Fundraise Online? A Crash Course

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As a nonprofit leader, you are likely familiar with donation solicitation laws. In order to solicit donations, you’ll need to follow your state’s filing requirements and properly register before collecting donations. Just file Form 8868 prior to your deadline instead to give yourself some extra time. What is online fundraising?

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